About Us

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.

The Role We Want You For

As a Project Cost Engineer Intern, you will assist in the development and management of the project financial strategy. You will be working directly with the project management team to manage the project budget, costs, change orders, pricing requests, billings, and forecasts. You will be assisting in generating and maintaining reports that provide information to different groups, working with the management team to identify variances, risks and maintain quality control processes to improve project cost procedures and ensuring conformity with management's strategy.

The Specifics of the Role

• Collaborate with all project disciplines to ensure understanding of total project cost, budget, allowances and target profits.
• Assist in reviewing project documents and specifications to accurately identify, develop and track request of change orders (owner and subcontractor related), baseline estimates, and potential risk exposures while communicating potential impacts to the financial targets, schedule, and overall project management process.
• Work closely with the accounting department to ensure the correct integration of all information needed to ensure accuracy in billings, payment applications, change orders, direct cost, labor cost, etc.
• Provide onsite assistance to the project management team, executive management personnel, subcontractors, as well as occasional contact with clients.
• Learn cost engineering, cost estimation, cost analysis, and control activities for projects with significant non-routine requirements or for proposal estimating activities.
• Ensure quality, accuracy, consistency, and transparency in all cost management deliverables.
• Assist in the ownership of the cost control function and ensure integrity of the cost and forecast reporting.

Requirements

• Must be actively enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited University, pursuing a bachelor’s in business administration, engineering, construction management, or related degree.
• Preferred internship experience in the construction industry.
• Preferred knowledge of project development stages, procurement, project controls, and construction execution practices is required.
• Preferred knowledge of applicable computer software such as PMWeb or similar project portfolio management software, DataServ, Excel, JD Edwards, or related software programs.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Results oriented and deliver on customer commitments.

Compensation

• Intern Hourly Pay Range: $21.00-$25.00 per hour based on expected college graduation month/year.